Consensual sex with married woman on false promise of marriage no ground for rape, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] The Kerala High Court has ruled that consensual sex with a married woman on the basis of false promise of marriage will not amount to rape since such a promise is not enforceable under law.The court recently gave this ruling in a case where it was considering a petition...

SC seeks Centre’s response on legalising same-sex marriages, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] Four years after decriminalising consensual private sexual relationship between adults of LGBTQ+ communities, the Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine legalising same-sex marriages in India as it sought the Union government's response to the pleas of two gay couples for making Special Marriage Act (SMA), 1954, gender-neutral.A bench...